LeBron James announces he is quitting social media in bizarre post

LeBron James has decided he's going dark - on social media at least. The NBA's all-time leading scorer and Los Angeles Lakers star posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram on Wednesday to announce that he's quitting social media. LeBron James announced that he was quitting social media in a post Wednesday James posted the farewell to his 159 million followers on Instagram and 52.9 million on X 'When the platform is so big, you can make the change and allow us all an escape from real life negativity. James's social media exit also comes just two weeks after vice president Kamala Harris, who the NBA icon had publicly endorsed, lost out to Donald Trump at the ballot boxes. The NBA legend's exit came after he reported a post from NBA agent Rich Kleiman James's post also comes just two weeks after vice president Kamala Harris, who the NBA icon had publicly endorsed, lost out to Donald Trump at the ballot boxes Earlier this week, the Lakers icon said 'everybody on the Internet called me a liar all the time' The topic of abortion proved a major talking point in the election, with Trump drawing criticism over his previous claim to have 'killed' Roe vs Wade - a Supreme Court ruling which protected the rights to abortion.